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TIL the original ending to Pinocchio was intended to be a warning, with the young puppet boy's companions executing him by hanging him from a tree for his crimes.

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jAdv TIL that companies in America will outsource call center duties to prisons. The prisoners make $0.92 per hour to handle calls.
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1aND8 TIL when Steve Buscemi was 4-years-old he was hit by a bus and managed to survive with a fractured skull. He received a $6,000 settlement from the city that was to be collected from a trust fund when he turned 18. When Buscemi turned 18, he used part of the money to pay for full-time acting classes.
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